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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
McConnell: Senate won't be “intimidated” by “mob-like tactics” of anti-Kavanaugh protesters — Fresh off the successful confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the vote showed the Senate “will not be intimidated” by what he called the …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's confirmation gives the GOP its most power since the Great Depression — Republicans face a difficult 2018 midterm election in about one month's time. But on its eve, the GOP just secured its greatest amount of political power and leverage since at least the Great Depression.
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ThinkProgress
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump on why he mocked Christine Blasey Ford: ‘I had to even the playing field’ — President Trump said late Saturday that he mocked Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, because he needed to “even the playing field.”
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Politico, ABC News, Axios, Breitbart and One America News Network
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Susan Collins's Declaration of Cowardice
Susan Collins's Declaration of Cowardice
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New York Times and Bangor Daily News
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Many women saw Kavanaugh as unfairly accused, could be ‘our husbands, our sons’: Trump counselor
Many women saw Kavanaugh as unfairly accused, could be ‘our husbands, our sons’: Trump counselor
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IJR
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans don't care what you think
Republicans don't care what you think
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Washington Post, Politico, USA Today, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Daily Caller News Foundation
Abigail Abrams / TIME:
‘These Things Always Blow Over.’ Mitch McConnell Confident Country Will Move Past Kavanaugh Fight
‘These Things Always Blow Over.’ Mitch McConnell Confident Country Will Move Past Kavanaugh Fight
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Political Wire, CNN and thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
With Kavanaugh confirmation, GOP officially becomes the party of rape
With Kavanaugh confirmation, GOP officially becomes the party of rape
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Jezebel, Mother Jones and Vox
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Kavanaugh sworn in as 114th Supreme Court justice, hours after Senate votes to confirm
Kavanaugh sworn in as 114th Supreme Court justice, hours after Senate votes to confirm
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Washington Times, Axios, Politico, The Other McCain, Fox News Insider, Breitbart and The Last Refuge
Summer Programs / gprep.org:
THE HONORABLE BRETT KAVANAUGH '83 CONFIRMED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
THE HONORABLE BRETT KAVANAUGH '83 CONFIRMED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
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Raw Story
Laura Hollis / Boston Herald:
Innocent until proven guilty protects all of us
Innocent until proven guilty protects all of us
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The Moderate Voice
Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
Read Jamal Khashoggi's columns for The Washington Post — Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist, was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish officials. In a statement released Saturday, Fred Hiatt, The Post's editorial page editor …
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New York Times:
Turkey Believes Prominent Saudi Critic Was Killed in Saudi Consulate in Istanbul — ISTANBUL — Turkish investigators believe a well-known Saudi dissident was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, five people involved in the investigation, or briefed on it, said on Saturday.
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say
Lynn Maalouf / Amnesty International:
Saudi Arabia / Turkey: Alleged assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in Consulate would set abysmal new low
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Saudi journalist ‘killed inside consulate’ - Turkish sources
Dominic Evans / Reuters:
Saudi Arabia opens up consulate after journalist vanishes
Orhan Coskun / Reuters:
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate: sources
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate: sources
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CBS News:
Senate races: GOP up in Texas, Tennessee; Dems up in Arizona, New Jersey — CBS News poll — The battle for Senate control finds Democrats trying to mount upset challenges in a string of typically Republican states, and this round of Battleground Tracker polls shows them having at best mixed results so far.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Portrait of a female GOP voter who could hand the House majority to the Democrats — LAKELAND, Tenn. — If Democrats capture at least the House, they'll owe the good fortune to Republican voters like Anna Smith. — The 40-year-old, college-educated mother of two young children is married …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Operative Secretly Raised at Least $100,000 in Search for Clinton Emails — Opposition researcher's efforts are of intense interest to investigators probing Russian election interference — WASHINGTON—A veteran Republican operative and opposition researcher solicited and raised …
Alexis Grenell / New York Times:
White Women, Come Get Your People — They will defend their privilege to the death. — Ms. Grenell has written on gender and politics for The New York Daily News, The Washington Post and other outlets. — After a confirmation process where women all but slit their wrists …
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The American Conservative, Front Page Magazine and The Hill
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New York Times:
Show How You Feel, Kavanaugh Was Told, and a Nomination Was Saved
Show How You Feel, Kavanaugh Was Told, and a Nomination Was Saved
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Law & Crime, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Signal
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says GOP Sen. Murkowski ‘will never recover’ for voting ‘no’ on Kavanaugh
Trump says GOP Sen. Murkowski ‘will never recover’ for voting ‘no’ on Kavanaugh
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Bloomberg, ThinkProgress, The Guardian, Politico, CNN, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Roll Call, The Week, Axios, Vox, Mediaite and Political Wire
Fresno Bee:
For the good of the 22nd District and the nation, the choice is clear: Andrew Janz — Today The Fresno Bee takes a step it has not made since before 2002: It is recommending a candidate for the 22nd congressional district who is not Devin Nunes. — Instead, The Bee recommends Andrew Janz …
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Palestinian Killed 2 Israelis in West Bank Attack — JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man fatally shot two Israeli co-workers and injured a third in an Israeli-run factory in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, an attack that Israeli officials described as terrorism.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Is the Saddest Story in Washington — His fight for Brett Kavanaugh completed his transformation into Donald Trump's slobbering manservant. — The battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was an especially ugly episode of a reality-show presidency …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo cites progress made with Kim Jong Un on N. Korea trip — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made unspecified progress Sunday toward an agreement for the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
Pompeo has ‘productive conversation’ …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Fresh off Kavanaugh vote, Sen. Cory Booker tests presidential waters in Iowa with words of resilience — Sen. Cory Booker descended on Iowa Saturday night with ideal timing to strike a chord with Iowan Democrats. — The senator from New Jersey, a long-rumored 2020 presidential candidate …
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Politico and Political Wire
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Trump set to shuffle top generals — Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump grapples with a number of huge foreign policy challenges over the coming months, he is going to have to make some key decisions on the generals who advise him and lead the US military.
John F. Harris / Politico:
Democrats Fear They're the Wet Rag Party — Al Franken is a long-time liberal warrior accused of predatory sexual behavior who is now licking his wounds in exile. — Brett Kavanaugh is a long-time conservative warrior accused of predatory sexual behavior who is now licking his wounds on the United States Supreme Court.
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RedState and No More Mister Nice Blog